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Men, Blacks in Particular, Less Likely Than Women to Be Aware That They Have High Blood Pressure, Study Finds

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Men are one-quarter less likely than women to know that they have high blood pressure and black men with high blood pressure, are particularly unlikely to know of their condition, according to study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, Reuters Health reports. For the study, lead researcher Ronald Victor of the University of Texas' Southwestern Medical Center examined 1,514 black and … Continue Reading »

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